Chapter 13:

A Mental Gym Coach

We ran into Biology right on time. The bell rang as the door swung shut. I looked around but it seemed we were alone in this class. We walked up to the teacher. I was abou to start but Jake began.

"Hey . . . Mrs. Oxlyn. I'm Jake and this is Nessie. We're new" he said in his dreamy husky voice.

"Oh! The new students, of course" she said as she got up, flustered.

She walked over to a cabinet and opened it to reveal some books. I groaned. More books.

"Here . . . we . . . go" she said as she walked the books over.

They landed on her desk with a BOOM. I just looked at them.

"Okay, this is your Biology textbook, this is you lab book, your discussion book and . . . that's it" she said as she pushed the piles toward us.

"This sucks" I whispered to Jake as I grabbed the books and headed to the back of the class.

"My bag is going to explode" I complained.

"We'll get lockers later. Mine is just about to blow as well" he said.

Biology was pretty boring. It was a lecture on Cellular anatomy. BORING. I sat and doodled most of the class. Jake was drawing adjustments to his car. Our hands were intertwined under the table though. We were both concentrating so much that we jumped when the bell rang.

"Come on, gym" Jake said excitedly.

I laughed and let myself be towed along.

"Hold on Ness" he said as I was about to go into the locker room.

I turned and his lips captured mine.

"Okay, go ahead" he said as he left.

I shook my head dizzily and rolled my eyes as I went in to change. The school had a gym uniform but it was pretty ugly. Knee length black pants with a grey shirt that had the school name on it. I put them on quickly and ran out to find Jake. I saw him in a corner, a blond flirting with him. I love my aunt Rosalie but I personally, hate blondes.

"Hey Blondie!" I called as I walked over.

The girl turned and glared. "What?" she said angrily.

"Stop flirting with my boyfriend" I said as I slipped my hand into Jake's

"Oh please. Like he could be your girlfriend. He probably wants to be with somebody that gives him something . . . like me. Stop by my house later" she said as she put a folded piece of paper down his shirt and walked away.

It took every ounce of restraint I had not to rip her arm off. I was already trembling with anger. Yet, behind all that anger, I wondered, could Jake really stop loving me because of my parent's restrictions? My eyes started stinging. Could he leave me? The doubt grew bigger. Tears were just about to fall. He didn't push her away. He just stood there

"Hey, you okay Nessie?" he said.

The first tear started to fall. I wiped it away quickly and nodded, keeping my head down as I walked away, trying to get rid of the doubt.

No. Jake loves you. He understands.

"Hey" he said as he grabbed my wrist and spun me to face him. "Nessie, what's wrong? Look at me"

I refused to look at him until I got my act to together.

"Hey" he said in a softer tone as he grabbed my chin and forced me to look at him.

He gasped as he saw me. My doubts were probably written all over my face. Tears probably noticeable in my eyes.

"Oh Nessie. You know I love you and I always will" he said as he kissed me. "Don't let her get under your skin" he said as he wiped my eyes.

"It's just . . . I can't help but think"

"Don't think" he suggested.

"Of course! Why didn't I think of that!" I said sarcastically.

"She sees the light! Alleluia!" he said and I started laughing.

"Let them make a play for me. All they'll ever get is rejection" he said using the exact words I had said earlier.

"Okay" I said and we walked over to where everyone else was.

As we passed the Blondie as I now called her, I bumped her shoulder causing her to trip into the guys in front of her, a big burly dude.

"Oh! Sheldon, I'm sorry. I . . . just . . . sort of . . .tripped and" she stammered, completely red.

"Payback's a bitch" I muttered as we walked past her.

Jake chuckled beside me.

"Okay guys! Volleyball time" Mr. Shade announced.

"Uh . . . we're new" I said.

"Oh, no worries. Even if you're new to volleyball, it's simple"

"No, we just got here" I explained.

"Yeah, you can be in team three"

Ugh. "No. We just moved here"

"Okay, move back across the court to net 2"

Is he mental? "Dude, we're new students, we just moved to this city" Jake finally yelled at him.

"Okay. Team 3" he said.

"Is he crazy or something?" I asked Jake.

He just shrugged.

"OKAY EVERYONE!!! GET TO YOUR TEAMS!!" he yelled into his loud speaker right next to us.

My ears were ringing. What's the point of a loudspeaker if you're going to yell?!

"Umm, whose team 3?" I asked.

Bad idea.

"TEAM 3 IS THE THIRD TEAM WHICH PLAYS TEAM 4 ON COURT 2" he yelled.

"I think I just went deaf" I said to Jake as I walked around the gym.

"What?" he asked in the imitation of an old lady.

"You heard me"

"What?"

"Jake"

"What?"

"Seriously stop it"

"What?"

"We're going somewhere special after school" I said.

"Really? Where?" he said hearing me loud and clear.

Oh yeah, he's so deaf.

"Home" I said as I broke out into laughter.

"Ha-ha" he said as we walked.

We got to court 2 to find all of our friends there.

"Hey guys, looks like we play with you" I said.

"How should we split up? There should be an even number of boys on each team to help the girls" Jake said.

"Excuse me?" I asked. "Girls can play just fine"

"Yeah, but girls are more . . . athletically challenged"

"No we're not" Hannah argued.

"Yeah, we're just as good"

"Hey!" I yelled. "Why don't we make it boys vs. girls?"

"Deal" everyone said.

We split up and went to our side.

Matt handed us the ball.

"Ladies first" he said.

"Why thank you" I said as I grabbed it.

I gave it to Emma who threw it back to Nicole.

"Go!" I said.

She tossed the ball up and hit it, sending it flying across the net. Ethan bumped it up and Josh tried to spike it. Emma dove and hit it before it hit the ground. Dorothy tossed it up and I jumped up for the spike. I smacked it down right between Matt and Thomas. They just stared at the ball in amazement.

"Come on guys, we're growing old here" Nicole called.

I chuckled at her statement. She had no idea.

We played like that for the rest of the period. The boys landed a few spikes and so did we. The funniest thing happened about halfway. Jack had landed a spike on Emma's leg, leaving it in pain. Because of that, they scored three points on us really quickly. That's when Emma started getting mad.

"Come on girls" Chris taunted.

"What?" Hannah yelled back.

"You girls are athletically challenged" he laughed.

We all growled.

"Give me the next one" Emma asked.

I nodded. The ball sailed over the net towards me and I bumped it up. There, Emma jumped up and spiked it down . . . except, she aimed it wrong.

A/N

Uhoh! Emma . . . oh boy! Nessie comes home in the next chapter . . . suspense. =p Only a few more months until Eclipse! I can't wait! The Lightining THief comes out presidents day so I'm looking forward to that too! Anyway, I'm so happy . . . . so you know how I said that I had my music thing (Solo and Ensemble) coming up . . . well it was today. I got a Superior for my trio, a Superior for my quartet and I'm still waiting for my solo. YAY!!! I'm so happy. Luv you all guys. See that little button down there. . . .click it. You know you want to . . . cliack it! =p

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